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Grade 11Thermal Physics

An ideal gas engine oprates in a car not cycle between 227° and 127°.it absorbs 2.095*(10)5 J at the higher temperature.what amount of work is the engine theoretically capable of performing?

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Shailendra Kumar Sharma
8 Years ago
Maximum efficiency of system will be = 1-\frac{Tsink}{Tsource}
=1-(273+127)/(273+227)
=0.2
So the work delivered will be 2.095*10*5*.2 =20.95Joules